diff --git a/pmd-ant/pom.xml b/pmd-ant/pom.xml
index 7001eeddfc..e6a8c65922 100644
--- a/pmd-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-ant/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
   ~ BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 08acecc562..2bab0e9a31 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
     <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index 9e1d37e0be..5ca4d1dfad 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-cli/pom.xml b/pmd-cli/pom.xml
index a144afdd06..2770973eb6 100644
--- a/pmd-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-cli/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                 <arguments>
                   <argument>-Dpicocli.autocomplete.systemExitOnError</argument>
                   <argument>-cp</argument>
-                  <classpath/>
+                  <classpath />
                   <argument>picocli.AutoComplete</argument>
                   <argument>--force</argument>
                   <argument>--completionScript</argument>
diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 621b770cde..2c9777ed5b 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index beb01403db..1d31d1594f 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
                                 <ant antfile="${javacc.ant.wrapper}" target="alljavacc">
-                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true"/> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
+                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true" /> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
                                     <property name="lang-name" value="Cpp" />
                                     <property name="lang-terse-name" value="cpp" />
                                     <property name="javacc.jar" value="${javacc.jar}" />
diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 4af69e4c3c..15c1610bb0 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index dede831b74..172b15b2a9 100644
--- a/pmd-dart/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 43bc6c06d8..95dd91208d 100644
--- a/pmd-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 8c3f7c1dff..711a038422 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 5aa05f62c3..9d19c661f0 100644
--- a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml b/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
index 1497253688..37320e55a6 100644
--- a/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 060920664c..4959c63ff7 100644
--- a/pmd-go/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-go/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index 1a5e3fbef9..6cba26c36e 100644
--- a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-html/pom.xml b/pmd-html/pom.xml
index d5ad36a9e7..22bedbbe45 100644
--- a/pmd-html/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-html/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 7579a061f3..3330da15f8 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index e5cdefc231..e39b9d16ff 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
                                 <ant antfile="${javacc.ant.wrapper}" target="alljavacc">
-                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true"/> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
+                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true" /> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
                                     <property name="lang-name" value="Ecmascript5" />
                                     <property name="lang-terse-name" value="ecmascript5" />
                                     <property name="javacc.jar" value="${javacc.jar}" />
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index 42bb314996..61428c1053 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-julia/pom.xml b/pmd-julia/pom.xml
index dea11351dc..978d698178 100644
--- a/pmd-julia/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-julia/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 3eab88732b..2ffa914e7b 100644
--- a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index 79aba91e81..fd2dcc6c94 100644
--- a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml b/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml
index 296b354747..af0b3f8864 100644
--- a/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>pmd-languages-deps</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
index 3cf75e198d..9225ecaeeb 100644
--- a/pmd-lua/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index de32016435..91d529f6a1 100644
--- a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
                                 <ant antfile="${javacc.ant.wrapper}" target="alljavacc">
-                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true"/> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
+                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true" /> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
                                     <property name="lang-name" value="Matlab" />
                                     <property name="lang-terse-name" value="matlab" />
                                     <property name="javacc.jar" value="${javacc.jar}" />
diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index 875e5865a9..55f012905a 100644
--- a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index 559ca8320f..72a71e09e7 100644
--- a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
                                 <ant antfile="${javacc.ant.wrapper}" target="alljavacc">
-                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true"/> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
+                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true" /> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
                                     <property name="lang-name" value="ObjectiveC" />
                                     <property name="lang-terse-name" value="objectivec" />
                                     <property name="javacc.jar" value="${javacc.jar}" />
diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 4ee23319cd..1f47cdcf11 100644
--- a/pmd-perl/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index d9c4a8a26c..3a1ed5f561 100644
--- a/pmd-php/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-php/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index d23562dfd7..08b3bda9b0 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 9d8068a8fe..3bfab8faec 100644
--- a/pmd-python/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-python/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
                                 <ant antfile="${javacc.ant.wrapper}" target="alljavacc">
-                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true"/> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
+                                    <property name="no-jjtree" value="true" /> <!-- This is a CPD module -->
                                     <property name="lang-name" value="Python" />
                                     <property name="lang-terse-name" value="python" />
                                     <property name="javacc.jar" value="${javacc.jar}" />
diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index 7ed8689213..face41cfd3 100644
--- a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
index 1b2dd79036..ccb78cc5a1 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
index d469b60e45..d5205ebb25 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd-scala-common</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pmd-scala-common/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
index 2663300d8b..b6261c05d7 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd-scala-common</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pmd-scala-common/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index f61d17c8ae..72f0be19ed 100644
--- a/pmd-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 9f008e7e3f..d0322fa1ae 100644
--- a/pmd-swift/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 044b0c5e2b..70e8610c66 100644
--- a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index 296651078d..02abbf3a13 100644
--- a/pmd-test/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-test/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-tsql/pom.xml b/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
index 78040dad45..775aa6775a 100644
--- a/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index f54f52a63f..e2da7f451f 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 493832e65d..31a7b929d2 100644
--- a/pmd-vm/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 5c66d5330f..f9e06d7111 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
         <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e4d08f020..e4e0bb7809 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
     <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-    <version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>7.0.0-rc2</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>PMD</name>
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/pmd/pmd.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/pmd/pmd.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/pmd/pmd</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>pmd_releases/7.0.0-rc2</tag>
     </scm>
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     </issueManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-03-25T11:47:31Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+        <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-04-29T21:19:46Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
         <java.version>8</java.version>